#79D8EB#79D8EB

#79D8EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.094 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D8EB
RGB	rgb(121, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -23.17, -18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 29.37, 217.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0795 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.094 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4307, 59.1709, 87.5028)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D8EB #EB8C79

analogous

#79EBC5 #79D8EB #799FEB

triadic

#79D8EB #EB79D8 #D8EB79

tetradic

#79D8EB #C579EB #EB8C79 #9FEB79

square

#79D8EB #C579EB #EB8C79 #9FEB79

split-complementary

#79D8EB #EB799F #EBC579

monochromatic

#1EAECB #44C9E3 #79D8EB #AEE7F3 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#79D8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#79D8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D8EB

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D8EB	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.094 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e4f1',
    500: '#79d8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d8eb;
$custom-light: #a7e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83053,
    "c": 0.09378,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D8EB

secondary

#C45A44

accent

#300FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D8EB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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